Little Rock couple dead in suspicious house fire

Police Sgt. Cassandra Davis says 51-year-old Donald Creer and his wife, 57-year-old Donna Creer, died at local hospitals after firefighters responded to the blaze at their home shortly after 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Authorities say a Little Rock couple well-known in the area's gospel community died after a suspicious fire at their home.

Police Sgt. Cassandra Davis says 51-year-old Donald Creer and his wife, 57-year-old Donna Creer, died at local hospitals after firefighters responded to the blaze at their home shortly after 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Davis told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/14wNOt6 ) that firefighters found the back door of the home unlocked and says the fire is considered arson. The bodies were sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to determine the causes of death.

Donald Creer was known as a gospel singer and Donna Creer was a longtime gospel radio personality and was the longtime executive director of a committee that oversees the operation of Pulaski County magnet schools.